In The Green Full Script PDF Grace McLean

PLOT SUMMARY
In the Green starts with a hymnal song

("O Virga ac Diadema").
The actual storyline begins with Jutta in her cell reading her last rites, choosing to live the
rest of her life as a dead person and receiving only food and water left at a small window
and preparing for Hildegard's arrival; at 8 years old, a young Hildegard (portrayed by a
puppet) is left with Jutta
("Death Ceremony").
Originally, Hildegard (now portrayed by three actresses’ as “Eye”, “Hand,” and “Mouth”)
expresses her resistance to staying in Jutta's cell and desire to go home, before describing
how she has too many desires but ultimately wants to be "whole"
("If I Had a Knee").
Jutta then says she too was once "broken like [Hildegard]" and says she will guide
Hildegard into becoming whole and "free," with Hildegard agreeing
("The Rule").
Time passes, and Mouth expresses her hunger and her feelings of being inside the cell for
so long, before experiencing her first period
("I am Hungry").
In response, Jutta explains that because of Eve's actions all women must pay and "carry her
curse in [their] blood," while also telling Mouth to repress her hunger to gain control over
herself and become whole as she aims
("Eve").
A year passes, with Hildegard becoming more frustrated that she is still broken
("Ritual").
Jutta continues to teach Hildegard lessons to become whole, this time saying that they will
spend more time dead than alive and advising her to stop wanting things, to stop sleeping,
and continue digging since life is painful anyway
("Little Life").
PLOT SUMMARY [cont.]
The two women take a break, and seeing a ray of sunlight coming through the cell window,
Hand describes her time outside with a woman named Agatha while Jutta remembers her
past betrothal and subsequent running away, before Hand asks about being "free" and
going outside
("Sun Song").
This conversation with Hand brings back suppressed memories where Shadow (Jutta's
repressed trauma personified) and Jutta sing about her would-be husband finding her after
running away, and Jutta's sexual assault in a garden; Jutta refuses to think on this, forcing
Shadow to leave and covering the sunlight, before arguing with Hildegard
("In the Green").
All three aspects of Hildegard get angry at Jutta, and Jutta decides she will no longer help
Hildegard become whole. Eye, Hand, and Mouth all turn on each other and blame each
other for Agatha's death, falling apart and choosing to "dig" because Hildegard believes she
will never become whole and digging is the only thing she can control
("Burial").
While digging, Shadow is found in the Underground (a place full of darkness) hiding since
she is unwanted, and tells Hildegard that she can join Shadow in the Underground
("Underground").
While in the Underground, Hildegard and Eye, Hand, and Mouth piece together the
memories that make Hildegard broken; she remembers Agatha (who the audience now
understands to be Hildegard's elder sister) sneaking out at night and having sex with a
man, telling her mother about what Agatha is doing, describing Agatha's pregnancy and
their nighttime outing to pick pennyroyal so Agatha can abort her baby, which leads to
Agatha bleeding to death
("Confession").
Hildegard pauses before describing the last thing Agatha told her as she was dying, to
which Shadow tells her she doesn't have to, but once Hildegard does, she feels better, even if
she's still broken
("Sun Song (Reprise)").
PLOT SUMMARY [cont.]
Shadow is in awe of Hildegard, Eye, Hand, and Mouth for working with their trauma and
wants them to stay with her in the Underground; realizing that Shadow is Underground
because she too was broken by her trauma, they try to encourage her to share her
memories so Shadow can become whole, to which Shadow refuses
("Light Undercover").
Through these conversations, Hildegard has a realization about becoming whole and
understands that everything Jutta has been trying to teach her has always been inside of
her, and with the help of each other Shadow and Hildegard feel they'll be "alright"
("The First Verb").
Shadow and Hildegard move from the Underground back into Jutta's cell
("O Viridissima Virga").
Hildegard, Eye, Hand, and Mouth tell Shadow that she too contains light like them, and
that's what they've been digging for this whole time; they've been hiding themselves and
while those hidden parts make them broken, that is how they have the light they've been
searching. Emboldened by Hildegard, Eye, Hand, and Mouth, Shadow divulges some of her
feelings and the sensations she remembers from her sexual assault
("Light Undercover/In the Green (Reprise)").
Meanwhile, Jutta steadfastly refuses to acknowledge anything Hildegard or Shadow say.

Jutta reflects on her own life, saying she's "done all the things [she's] supposed to" and yet
cannot see the light like Hildegard or Shadow, but is grateful for her life all the same. She
expresses maternal love for Hildegard, before dying
("The Ripening").
Hildegard, Eye, Hand, and Mouth reflect on Jutta's teachings while grieving their mentor's
death
("Forgiveness").
Hildegard leaves the cell to experience what she's "never known before." She then explains
her thoughts on Catholicism through her life and the growing corruption and tensions
within the Church
("Integration").
The show ends with Hildegard meeting Sigewize, a young Cathar girl who expresses
similar sentiments to Hildegard at the beginning of the show of being "'too much,'" trying to
be understood, and asks Hildegard to "see [her]" and think about the impact of her
speeches when people kill in Hildegard's name
("Exorcism").
NOTES:
[Bryan Lucchesi]
● I found a playbill.com article of Grace Mclean breaking down each and every song:
“Track-by-Track Breakdown: Grace McLean Goes In The Green”. Where relevant, I
have included her comments in the footnotes of each song. Each note will have a
dialogue tag “Grace Mclean:”
● I sifted through the Genius Lyric annotations for each song as well. Where relevant, I
have also included those annotations in footnotes as well. Each of these notes has
the dialogue tag “Genius:”
● Each song’s title in this pdf takes the form of a link. When clicked, this link should
take you directly to the song in question.
❖ In her notes, McLean also references a lot of her own inspirations, which might help
in conceptualizing the show. They are:
➢ Hildegard’s Scivias-- her book of visionary theology
➢ Elizabeth Swados-- Tony Award nominated actor, singer, and writer
➢ Solange’s performance on Jimmy Fallon 2017
➢ Hildegard’s Poem “The First Verb”
➢ Caroline Shaw’s "Partita for 8 Voices" written for the incredible a cappella
group Roomful of Teeth,
➢ Hildegard’s opera Ordo Virtutum
The original LCT3 Production of In The Green.

From left to right,:
Ashley Pérez Flanagan [Mouth], Hannah Whitney [hand], Grace Mclean [Jutta]
and Rachael Duddy [Eye]
CHARACTERS
YOUNG HILDEGARD, a puppet or inanimate object signifying a girl
MOTHER, Hildegard's mother
VOLMAR, a monk
HILDEGARD, a girl in three pieces:
EYE
MOUTH
HAND
JUTTA, an anchoress
SHADOW, a forgotten piece of Jutta
MARCHIONESS, a noblewoman, Richardis's mother
RICHARDIS,(Pronounced Rick-Ar-dis) the same puppet or object used for Young Hildegard
OLD HILDEGARD, a woman who owns her power
ACOLYTES, followers of Old Hildegard
SIGEWIZE, (Pronounced Sig-a-Vit-zuh) a girl with questions for Old Hildegard
This is a play for five actors, each playing multiple parts. The three actors playing Eye,
Mouth, and Hand should handle puppet/objects that signify these attributes and should
operate as a single, albeit abstracted, person. Young Hildegard and Richardis should be the
same puppet, ideally in bunraku style but able to be operated by one person.
Character divisions are:

Young Hildegard / Hand / Old Hildegard
Volmar / Eye / Acolyte 1 Mother / Mouth / Marchioness / Acolyte 2
Jutta / Richardis
Shadow / Sigewize
SETTING
Inside a cell attached to the monastery at Disibodenberg
and
In a room in Rupertsberg abbey
SONG LISTING
1. "O virga ac diadema" All
2. “Death Ceremony" Jutta
3. "If I Had a Knee" Eye, Mouth, Hand
4. "The Rule" Jutta, Eye, Mouth, Hand
5. "I Am Hungry” Eye, Mouth, Hand
6. "Eve" Jutta, Mouth
7. “Ritual” Eye, Mouth, Hand, Jutta
8. “Little Life" Eye, Mouth, Hand, Jutta
9. “Sun Song” Hand, Jutta, Eye, Mouth
10. “In the Green" Jutta, Shadow
11. "Burial” Eye, Mouth, Hand,
12. “Underground" Shadow
13. "Confession” Eye, Mouth, Hand
14. “Sun Song" Reprise Eye, Mouth, Hand
15. “Light Undercover" Shadow, Eye, Mouth, Hand
16. "The First Verb” Shadow, Eye, Mouth, Hand
17. "O viridissima virga” Shadow, Eye, Mouth, Hand
18. “Light Undercover/In the Green” Reprise Shadow, Eye, Mouth, Hand,
19. “The Ripening" Jutta
20. “Forgiveness” Eye, Mouth, Hand
21. “Integration” Old Hildegard, Acolytes
22. “Exorcism” Sigewize, Old Hildegard

IN THE GREEN Book & Lyrics by Grace McLean
IN THE GREEN
PROLOGUE
An imposing wall and ornate door. Unseen, maybe from behind the door, the women sing. It is
at once ancient and new. insistent and urgent.
“O Virga Ac Diadema”1
(Song for all women)
JUTTA
Oooh EYE
Oooh HAND
Oooh MOUTH
Oooh SHADOW
Oooh
ALL
Virga2 ac diadema [O branch and diadem
Purpurea Regis in royal purple clad,
Que es in clausura tua who like a shield stand
Sicut lorica in your cloister strong.]
O flos tu non germinasti [O bloom, you did not spring

De rore nec de guttis pluviae from dew nor from the drops of rain,
Nec aer de super te volavit nor has the windy air flown over you;
Sed divina claritas But radiance divine…]
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Grace Mclean: We wanted the music in this show to be timeless, so that it doesn’t necessarily evoke a
particular time period but rather exists outside of time, being both ancient and modern. We left a few
sprinklings of Latin in the show to evoke that feeling of the ancient and otherworldly. So it felt appropriate to
begin the show with that kind of (dis)orientation by taking a piece of Hildegard’s music and messing with it.
Basically, the lead line of this music is hers and I messed with the harmonies, while having the tone more
reminiscent of a Bulgarian women’s chorus than a classical western sound. I also wanted to begin the show
with a cappella voices, because the way the voice is used is so particular in the rest of the show.
2
Grace Mclean: Although I tried to scrub any direct reference to Catholicism, Christ, or the specifics of the
system in which Hildegard and Jutta found themselves—my hope is that the system and structure of Church
would be substituted in the minds of the audience for any oppressive system cloaked in beneficence, or any
institution without rival
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EYE, MOUTH, JUTTA, and SHADOW.

In nobilissima [Has brought you forth
Virga te produxit upon that noblest bough.]
From out of the darkness, Young Hildegard appears, curious, searching this new space.
Unde O Salvatrix [O Lady savior,

Quae novum lumen Who has offered a new and brighter light
Humano generi protulisti3 To the human race]
EYE
Collige membra JUTTA
Filii tui Collige membra SHADOW
ad celestem Filii tui Collige membra [Together join
ad celestem Filii tui All of your sons
ad celestem into heaven’s…]
Mother appears, chasing after Young Hildegard
MOTHER. Hildegard. Hildegard. It’s time.
JUTTA and SHADOW.

Harmonium [Harmony]
Volmar enters. All three are in front of the door. We are at Disiboder berg abbey, and
Young Hildegard is being given away to become a ward of this institution.
VOLMAR. Is this your daughter?

MOTHER. Yes.
VOLMAR. Aw, what a cute little tithe she is! Hi there. I'm Volmar. I’m new here too.
MOTHER. She hasn't spoken since her sister died. Are you sure she's not too young?
VOLMAR. Eight is old enough to be promised in marriage, she's old enough to come here.
MOTHER. But she's sick. She'll get the kind of care she needs?
3
Genius: This closing line appears to be praising women, showing further that as long as they bear children,
they are seen as holy, and perhaps even equal to men.
2
VOLMAR. Of course! It's 1106 and the world is still a very scary place. The community is the
right place for a girl like her. She'll be entombed with Jutta, who is just amazing. Jutta's
already been in the cell for some time now, and she's so excited for an oblate to join her.
MOTHER. A cell? Don't you mean the chapter house?
VOLMAR. Oh no yeah, Jutta is an anchoress. That means she's locked in this cell.
MOTHER. But inside of a cell, what kind of life is that? Will her basic needs be met, food and
water, and somewhere to sleep-
VOLMAR. Ma'am, that's all taken care of. You have nothing to worry about. Inside the cell
she'll be technically dead, but super comfortable
“Death Ceremony”4
(Song for Jutta)
Jutta begins singing from behind the door, unseen.

VOLMAR Jutta is starting the funeral rites for Hildegard so we should--
MOTHER. I want to talk to my daughter for a minute.
VOLMAR. Go for it.
JUTTA. (Off)
O branch of freshest green
O hail
MOTHER. Hildegard listen. You know you're sick, right? And I can't take care of you
anymore? When we got the offer for you to come live here in the community, it seemed like
the best thing for you. You know how you always want to help? This is how.
VOLMAR. (Opening the door to the cell.) Ma'am, if you want any last physical interaction
with your child now is the time. Once we lock the door it doesn't reopen and contact with
the temporal world is FORBIDDEN! Just kidding. Not really! Let's go
MOTHER. Okay. Be a good girl Hildegard.
Mother and Volmar leave Young Hildegard outside the door. She regards it and as she walks
through we begin to transition to inside the cell, where Jutta prepares for Hildegard's arrival.
4
Grace McLean: I wanted to sound like a dawning, an invitation and a party…that gets kind of out of hand
and turns into something scary.
3
JUTTA.
Within the windy gusts of saints
Upon a quest you swayed and sprouted forth. 5
O branch of freshest green,
O hail!
O little green branch, little green girl so new to this world
I praise your becoming
Born of woman born of man
Then released from their hands
I praise your becoming
Plucked from the harvest before you start to rot
Thrust in the darkness where everything is naught
You were not born to live 6
You were born to be forgiven
You were not born to live
You were born to be forgiven
You were born
Oh, freshly cut branch
Fresh faced girl
You are not long for this world (I praise your becoming)
I wanna show you the things that I know
You'll do everything just right
And I will find the light
Oh, whoa oh (I praise your-)
I praise
Isn't she lucky?
She's the lucky one
She will be the seed that grows without the sun
Hallelujah and amen, amen
Hallelujah for the dead, amen
Isn't she lucky?
She's the lucky one
She will know of death before her life is done
5
Grace McLean: These first two lines are a direct translation of “"O Viridissima Virga," which is another piece
by Hildegard that we hear later in the show.
6
Grace McLean: This is the first time the looper is used, which is Jutta’s tool of manipulation. The idea behind
linking Jutta and the looping mechanism is to point to Jutta’s self-reliance as well as her limitations and
myopia—she is able to control, multiply, harmonize her voice, but is never quite moving anywhere.
4
JUTTA. [cont.]
Hallelujah and amen, amen
Hallelujah for the dead, amen
Amen, amen
Amen, amen
Amen, amen
Amen, amen
Amen, amen
Am-
The door to the world outside closes abruptly, harshly, with finality. The cell is dark and plain
with a dirt floor, high walls, two windows (one high and one low) opposite each other, and a
prie-dieu or kneeler.
IN THE CELL
Young Hildegard is now EYE, MOUTH, and HAND.
JUTTA. Hi. I'm glad you're here. My name is Jutta. ...So you're the tithe, huh? Hildegard-isn't
that your name? ... We're gonna play this game. I understand. You're broken apart. But in
here, you can have a brand new start.
“If I Had A Knee”

(Song for Eye, Mouth & Hand)
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
I wasn't always this way
I had a life shattering experience
I can get home if I put myself back together
They'll want me again
This isn't the end
You can't tell me what to do
I… I… I I- I- I I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I
EYE.
And I have lost too much
HAND.
My other hand and such
MOUTH.
Where are my guts? My hair?
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EYE, MOUTH & HAND

My heart, it isn't there
I'm lost, I'm everywhere
I'm almost only air
If I had to be…
If I had more me…
If I had any
(Gasp!)
If I had a knee… I could climb if I had a knee
Out the window
JUTTA. Why do you think you're here?
HAND.
Why?
EYE.
Why?
MOUTH.
Why?
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
Why?
I… I… I I- I- I I- I- I- I- I- I- I- I- EYE!
EYE
Eye--My eye sees too, too much
HAND.
Hand-- I want to hold too much
MOUTH.
Mouth--I'm hungry much, too much
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
Too much, Too much, Too much
I'm too much
Much, too much
I wasn't always this way
I had a life shattering experience
I don't want to be broken
MOUTH.
I want.
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
I want to be whole
I want to be whole
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I want to be whole
(Gasp!)
If I had a knee
I could climb
If I had a knee
Out the window
Eye, Mouth and Hand reach for the high window but tire with effort and fall to the floor in a
post-tantrum heap.
“The Rule”
(Song for Jutta)
JUTTA
I used to be broken like you
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Jutta? Jutta, you were broken?
JUTTA
Out there in the world
I was too much too
Nobody listened when I tried to scream
All I've ever wanted is to be free
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

How are you free? You're locked up, literally!
JUTTA
In here, I am in control7
Out there, I had everything people out there want
Money, privilegе, beauty, a body
Out there
All my "having" madе me a prize to pawn
7
Grace McLean: this one went through many versions, but there was one component that I felt excited about
keeping which was the manipulation of the looping tempo. I felt it pointed to a sense of being out of touch
with time within the cell, and I wanted the cell to feel like it was operating with its own logic, separate from
the outside world.
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JUTTA. [cont.]
A patch to plow on a fertile lawn
An empty page to be written on
But all I've ever wanted was to be free
This is the only place I could go to get myself under control

To make myself... whole
And now,
I'm gonna show you how
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Wow, really?
JUTTA.
You will be whole… You will be whole...
When you are whole, you will be like me

When you are whole, you will move confidently
Through your life
And you will understand how the boulder becomes sand
And you will know how to not become sand
When you are whole, you will never be scared

When you are whole, you will always be prepared
For a dragon's attack!
And you will slay the beast... or scare him away at least
And you will never again be the least
EYE
Why do you want to help?
HAND
Why do you care?
MOUTH.
Nobody believes I can be repaired!
EYE
I did something wrong!
HAND
I'm bad!
MOUTH.
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There's a reason I'm shattered
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JUTTA.
I'll show you how to move on
And prove that you're strong
What happened in the past doesn't matter
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

If you are whole, what are you doing in here?
Why don't you leave?
JUTTA. I will never go back.8There's nothing out there for me. I'm here to find the truth, and
the truth will set me free. Because if I can teach you how to be whole, I will see the light.
That is my goal
When I see the light, I will be free

When I see the light, I will erase my history
For good, and I will be made new
And will be among the few
And I will be of virtue
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. But there's no light in here! What do you think you'll find?
JUTTA. It's different, it's something I could see, even if I were blind. It's only in this cell that I
can find the light And only if you do everything right
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. How did you break? What did you do?
JUTTA.
It doesn't matter now
What matters is, I'm not broken now
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

I can be whole
I can be whole
8
Grace McLean: The low moaning sounds heard under this speech are the suuuuuper slowed down loops
from the previous section when Jutta sang “all I’ve ever wanted is to be free.”
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JUTTA. It isn't easy work. You have to get down in the dirt
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. I can do that
JUTTA. Can you?
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. I will. I will work until I die, if I have to
JUTTA. That's the right attitude
This is how you become whole

You get yourself under control
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.
I will be whole
I will be whole
As she says the following, Jutta kneels next to Eye, Mouth, Hand, and demonstrates how to do
each task. They are simple, repeatable, ritualistic gestures.
JUTTA. Watch. Wait. Try. Dig
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

Watch. Wait. Try. Dig
Watch. Wait. Try. Dig
YEARS PASS I
Eye, Mouth & Hand continue to dig as Jutta kneels at her Prie-dieu. Time passes as they work.
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. JUTTA

I'm gonna watch. Hours.
Wait.
Try.
Dig.
I wanna watch. Days

Wait.
Try.
Dig.
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EYE, MOUTH & HAND. JUTTA

I'm good at watch. Months
Wait.
Try.
Dig.
How long have I been...? Years

Hours. Days. Months. Years All I’ve ever wanted is to be free.
BODIES
Time has passed and Eye, Mouth, Hand continue their ritualistic work. While Jutta is at her
kneeler, Mouth, in a private moment, examines her doubts about the work she has been tasked
with.
“I Am Hungry”
(Song for Mouth)
MOUTH.
I really am trying to be good
I'm digging and doing what I should
So what is this fire inside me?
Desire?
I, I feel an itching in my skull

I feel an inclination
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

to climb the wall
MOUTH.
I, I feel a twinkling in my spine
I feel a wrinkling
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

inside of my mind
Am I alright?
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MOUTH.
I, I feel it bubbling in my blood
And if it boils will I
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

drown in the flood?
MOUTH.
I, I feel an overwhelming need
To put my own flesh
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

Between my teeth
I am hungry; on what can I feed?
I am hungry I am hungry I am hungry.
MOUTH.
I'm scared of what I feel
Maybe it isn't real, but
I'm scared of who I am
A monster masquerading as a lamb
Why am I so hateful?
I'm safe in here, my plate's full
Why am I ungrateful?
I, I feel an itching in my skull

I feel an inclination
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

to climb the wall
MOUTH.
I, I Have a river in my mind
And if I follow it,
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EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

what will I find?
I am hungry, I am hungry, I am-- (Gasp!)
Eye, Mouth, and Hand start to breathe heavily.
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Yeah. Um...hey, I really don't feel so good.
JUTTA. Oh...um, if you need to throw up just do it over there.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND. (Breathing heavier.) Oh god. Oh god... I'm like...uuuuuhhh I can't
swallow, I can't swallow anything, my tongue is too big for my mouth...
JUTTA. Okay. Just keep breathing. Slow it down, you'll be fine.
EYE. HAND. MOUTH.
Ohhhhh nooo, I have to get No I can't I can't I can't. No I I can't breathe... I can't
out of here. You have to let can't I can't I can't. No I can't breathe... I have to get out of
me out of here I can't be in breathe, I can't breathe I'm here... I have to get out of
here anymore, please I can't suffocating oh god, here... you have to let me out
I can't I can't I can't! Please oh god! of here!
oh god oh god I'm
suffocating
JUTTA. Hildegard, what's wrong with you?

EYE, MOUTH, HAND. Oh no oh no, I feel terrible. What's happening to me? Jutta please?
Eye, Mouth & Hand reach under their dresses, feeling between their legs. When they pull their
hands back out they are covered in blood.
MOUTH. I'm dying!!!
JUTTA. You're not dying. Shit.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND. What is it? Oh no Jutta! Open the window! We have to call for help!
JUTTA. No we don't. Come here. You'll feel better. Lie down. I promise. I know what's going
on.
MOUTH. You do? What is it? How long...?
Jutta retrieves rags from a bucket near her kneeler and passes them out to Eye, Mouth & Hand.
JUTTA. A few days. A week.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND. To live?
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JUTTA. No, you're not dying. You're just bleeding. You're gonna need this rag. It will stop in a
few days.
MOUTH. Jutta I'm sorry. I think I'm being punished. Agathe, my sister, she died from
something like this
JUTTA. It's dangerous to bleed, I know. I used to
MOUTH. You? Why? What did you do?
JUTTA. I was born a woman. It's our condition. it's a curse passed down from the first
woman. Listen:
Eve wanted to know about everything from high to low
She wanted to hold all the wisdom untold
Eve had a hunger she couldn't contain.
She was punished for wanting to gain
So her want became her stain.
Now our bodies carry her pain.
It’s not your fault. But it is your burden,
EYE, MOUTH, HAND. Ugh, why should this ever have to happen to a person?
Eye, Mouth, and Hand clean their hands with the rags, then throw them to the floor. Jutta
picks up after them.
JUTTA. I was out there when it happened to me. It got me out of going to a silly party. I
never understood why there were so many rules.
MOUTH. Me too. They never let you dance like you wanted to.
JUTTA. I know! And all those things you had to wear
MOUTH. And all that tugging at your hair.
JUTTA. So this one time, I didn't have to go.

I could hear the music through the walls, so
I danced how I wanted alone in my room.
I didn't have to wear a stupid costume.
I didn't have to care about how I was seen
MOUTH. So maybe it's not so bad to bleed!
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JUTTA. No, it is. It has to be stopped.

It means you are now a ripe part of the crop.
It means you are now ready to be hunted.
Your body will betray you
Food appears at the lower window.

But we can stunt it.
Jutta retrieves the food from the window as Eye, Mouth, Hand approach it hungrily.
MOUTH. You know, I think I'll feel better with a little something in my tin.
JUTTA. Oats. Yum.
Jutta walks away from Mouth, carrying the food with her.
MOUTH. Come on Jutta please, I'm really hungry.
JUTTA. No. It's time to think about what you can let go of.
The best way to lift the curse of bleeding Is to sacrifice the desire for eating.
Jutta throws the food on the ground.
MOUTH. Whoa hold on! I need to eat!
JUTTA. I do not eat, I do not bleed. No one can pluck my fruit or hunt the beast in me. I shut
my mouth to gain control.
MOUTH. If I do it, will this make me whole?
“Eve”
(Song for Jutta)
JUTTA
Eve had the whole human race in her body. In her body, yeah9
We all had to coagulate from her body. From her body, yeah
Eve had the whole human race in her body. In her body, yeah
We are made of the same stuff as Eve10
Flesh and bone and soul and mind and feeling
9
Grace McLean: The first line of this song is inspired by something I read in Hildegard’s Scivias, her first book
of visionary theology. I loved this idea of Eve having the whole human race in her body, that all procreative
potential moves back to this one body
10
Grace McLean: This is the only time a specifically Christian concept or character appears in the show, but I
felt OK about naming Eve because the controversy of her story—what with the downfall of mankind being
placed on her shoulders—I think aligns with the way Jutta views her life, her choices, and her body.
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JUTTA [cont.]
We are made from the same blood as Eve
So we carry her curse in our blood, and our breathing
You have to learn how to hold your breath11

You have to learn how to feel some death
This flesh is a thicket
So we are all that's wicked.
A body, a body, a body is a beast

Keep the beast in a cage on a leash
Keep her locked in the cage; 12Don't let her speak
She will scream in the cage. She will shout13

Let her die in the cage. Don't let her out
A body is a beast
MOUTH.
I have seen into the shadows
And beyond the things I think I know
I am burdened
And I am slow
Inside this flesh, I wear
But if I erase every flaw
If I embrace a higher law
Then tooth and nail and skin and claw
11
Grace McLean: I tried to look at Jutta’s choice to shut herself away in a cell as a kind of radical feminist
act—in a world that was hostile to women, the only real choice she had for autonomy was to say no. She took
that denial, which I do think is a source of power, and turned it even on herself.
12
Genius: A parallel could be made between the cell Jutta and Hildegard are trapped in and their body,
restricting them because of pain and social constructs restraining their freedom.
13
Genius: The pain that they feel when they menstruate is something that Jutta says Hildegard must learn to
deal with. She also mentions that she can stunt it by not blinking, sleeping, or eating, which is almost like a
state of death. This is phrased as, “some death”, maybe in reference to Jutta’s question to Hildegard. “Are you
sure you’re alive instead?” Hildegard and Jutta’s isolation keeps them in a constant state of
in-between-death-and-life, which is eventually broken by Jutta choosing to embrace death, and Hildegard to
choose life.
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I need not ever care
JUTTA
If you kill your every care14
Your burden will be less to bear
Mouth uses her puppet/object to bury the food Jutta threw to the ground
MOUTH.
This is how I become whole
I shut my mouth to gain control
Mouth gives up her puppet/object15 and physically separates herself from Eye and Hand.
YEARS PASS II
Jutta returns to her prie-dieu while Eye and Hand continue to work in the same spot. Mouth
has moved to a different part of the space, taking responsibility for the ritualistic gesture for
"wait”
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.
Watch. Wait. Try. Dig.
Watch. Wait. Try. Dig.
JUTTA
Hours/Hours/Hours Watch. Wait. Try. Dig.
Days/Days/Days Watch. Wait. Try. Dig.
Months/Months/Months Watch. Wait. Try. Dig.
Years/Years/Years Watch. Wait. Try. Dig.
Hours days months years All I’ve ever wanted is to be free
Years years years years.
14
Grace McLean: Ultimately what Jutta asks Hildegard to do is to deny herself, even punish herself, in the
belief that there is strength and the promise of salvation in that denial. It’s such a negative concept, all this no
no no-ness, but it’s got to be attractive enough for Hildegard to get on board. Therefore, this song in particular
had to be a real bop :)
15
Grace McLean: In the LCT3 production, the Mouth puppet was tethered to a line which hung above the
actor’s heads like a baby mobile.
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RITUALS
More time has passed and everyone is still at their work. Now, in the space where Eye and
Hand have been working, a hole in the ground has appeared as a result of their digging.
“Ritual”
(Song for Eye & Jutta)
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

Why? Why am I still broken?
Oh, I watch, wait, try, dig
EYE. MOUTH & HAND.
Now after years of knowing darkness as a friend Watch wait try dig
One thing is clear and that is darkness has no end Watch wait try dig
And all the things I thought I knew are deeper Watch wait
Deeper, darker. Listen, hark. Oh, can you-- try dig.
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.
hear the ground.
Each grain of dust has a sound
Watch. Watch
Jutta stands and checks on Hildegard’s work.
JUTTA EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

Now after years of knowing darkness as a friend Watch wait try dig
And as you do the work, you start to comprehend Watch wait try dig
That as you wait and watch and try and dig Watch wait
try dig.
You'll soon unify
JUTTA EYE MOUTH & HAND

And then you will be whole I’m Trying. Watch wait
It takes time to be whole I’m Trying. Try dig
This is how you gain control I’m Trying. Watch wait
Try dig
Keep working
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Wait
Jutta returns to her prie-dieu
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EYE. MOUTH & HAND.

Now after years of bending down, hunched ever Watch wait try dig
I wondеr if I'm mending or if I will forever Watch wait try
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.
Hеar the ground, each grain of dust has a sound!
What am I learning and where am I bound?
I'm still broken
I'm still broken
Watch wait try dig

Watch wait try dig
AHHHHHHH
Jutta stands and approaches the hole where Hand and Eye work.
JUTTA. You know, Hildegard, you’ve really taken to the work and you're getting somewhere.
You've made good progress.
EYE Really?
JUTTA. Yes! Look how much you've dug
EYE Yup.
JUTTA. What? You're doing great!
EYE I don't know how you can say that. All I've done is move dirt from one part of the cell to
another.
JUTTA. But you're doing it really well.
EYE. Jutta, what is the digging for? What am I doing every day?
JUTTA. Hildegard. You're digging your grave.
EYE. What?! MOUTH. What?! HAND. What?!

That’s what I’ve been doing?
JUTTA. Yes, what else?

EYE. I thought I was like, well, making room for something to grow. Like a garden or
something.
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JUTTA. No. Nothing can grow in a cave.

EYE, MOUTH, HAND. Why am I digging my grave?
“Little Life”16
(Song for Jutta & Eye)
JUTTA
This is a little life
We're nearly gone when we arrive
And we'll be dead a lot longer than we'll be alive
This is a little life
There isn't time to do a lot
And when we go, we can't keep what we've got
Because we grow until we rot
EYE
But why dig a grave? I'm not dead!
JUTTA. Are you sure that you're alive instead?
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. I don't know what you mean
JUTTA
Might you be somewhere in bеtween?
Outwardly living, but broken inside
Working and working while trying to hidе?
The feeling that you've done something wrong
This is where you belong!
I understand what you're going through
No one out there wanted you
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Agathe did
16
Grace McLean: Again I’m not naming Christianity, but its philosophies are certainly all over this show and
there is a kind of Christian excitement around death. Death is where all the good stuff is supposed to happen
and life is just something to slog through in order to get the rewards. There was a medieval obsession with
martyrdom too, especially women martyrs—being killed was pretty much the only way your name would be
known and remembered as a woman.
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JUTTA. Who?
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. My sister
JUTTA. And where is she?
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. She died
JUTTA. Exactly
Most every little life

Is only struggling for gain
And all that getting begets only pain
But when you sacrifice
Give up giving in to want
You have nothing to lose if everything's gone
When life is darkness
Death is dawn
Life is better in death
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

EYE. What more can I lose if I'm already broken?

JUTTA. You can start with that attitude-joking! Think about it like this: When you're
working, there's something that resists, Right? Sometimes you don't want to do it?
EYE. Oh no, I-I always push through it.
JUTTA. But there's a little part of you that hates the chore. That's the part to watch for.
EYE. What does it look like?
JUTTA. Only you know that. It's a part of you and your past.
EYE So what do I do when it's found?
JUTTA. That's what you'll put underground.
EYE. Did you dig a grave?
JUTTA. Yup.
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EYE. What did you bury?

JUTTA. Weakness. It's unnecessary. I sacrificed what I didn't need,
EYE. Keep the bud, uproot the weed.
JUTTA. Yes!
EYE. I have to find the source of my weakness.
JUTTA. So don't blink anymore.
HAND. Wait, not ever? Not even to sleep?
JUTTA. Do your dreams ever give you a harvest to reap?
MOUTH. No.
JUTTA. So give it up. Stay awake! Keep watch for your own sake.
EYE.
I give up sleep to gain control
Eye repeats Mouth's action of giving up her puppet/object. Now two disembodied pieces float
above the women's heads. Eye occupies her own space separate from Hand and Mouth, taking
on the ritualistic gesture for "watch”
EYE. Watch.
MOUTH. Wait
Hand is reluctant to continue this work. Jutta approaches her as she sits at the edge of the hole
in the ground.
HAND. ... Try.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND. Dig.
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YEARS PASS III

Eye, Mouth and Hand continue their work, each separate from the other. Jutta kneels at her
prie-dieu. Hand is the only one left with her puppet/object.
MOUTH. HAND EYE

This is how Hours Watch
I become whole
Days
This is how Watch
I become whole Months Watch
EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

Hours, days, months, years
Hours, days, months, years
Hours, days, months, years, dig.
THE PAST INTRUDES

Eye, Mouth and Hand are at their weariest. They are haggard and worn, can barely move their
bodies. Desperately tired and hungry, but trying to work.
EYE.
Wish I could rest
MOUTH
How can I go on so hungry
EYE and MOUTH.
So tired
MOUTH.
One little nibble, I'd be content
EYE.
One little blink and I'd be refreshed
HAND.
I think it's time for a rest!
EYE and MOUTH.
What'll I do, what'll I do
If I'm not if I'm not working?
What'll I do, what'll I do
If I'm not if I'm not working?
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HAND.
One little blink won't hurt anybody
One little taste won't do any harm
Jutta notices the pause in work and gets up from her kneeler
JUTTA. What are you doing?

HAND. Um nothing Jutta. I--
JUTTA. That's right nothing. Come on let's go
HAND. But why?
JUTTA. Why what?
HAND. Well, why can't I take a break? Just a little one. I'm starting to ache and I want to
work but I think if I rest for a minute when I get back to it I can really get in it
I'll come back, ready to watch, ready to wait

Better than ever before.
JUTTA. ... Okay
HAND. Yeah?
JUTTA. Yeah. It's too hot anyway.
Jutta looks in turn at Hand, Eye, and Mouth and decidedly sits down in the middle of the floor.
The others follow suit, Mouth taking a nibble of food from the floor, Eye napping against the
wall, Hand sitting next to Jutta. As they settle, a ray of light pours through the higher window.
“Sun Song”
(Song for Hand and Jutta)
HAND.
A cinnamon stick ray of sunlight fall through the window
Sticking to the walls
Looking like a million miles
Carrying a million smiles
Resting right here for a while
(To Jutta) Do you remember this?
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HAND. [Cont.]
I used to play with this
It would shake me out of bed with warm hands
Each little ray of light contained a message
Written in a language only I could understand
And every morning meant

The day, the infinite
And I would be anointed king of undiscovered lands
And I went across the river
And through doorways in the trees
And the sunlight transformed everything
Into possibilities
I wanted Agathe
To play with me
She was afflicted with being too much inside
And when she agreed to spend the day with me

I showed her how to follow the light
And we went across the river

Into possibilities
Jutta, I know you remember. You were out there too

Tell me, what did you do? Who were you?
JUTTA
When I was young, I was betrothed
It was arranged without my say
But I decided then
I would never be owned
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JUTTA [cont.]
I ran away
And I went across the river
To the sunlight's call, beyond the walls
That couldn't hold me
BOTH
So I went across the river
Into possibilities
Jutta stands and joins Hand in the ray of light.
When I went across the river

Where the light seemed to shine more
EYE, MOUTH, HAND & JUTTA

I thought I saw myself more clearly than before
HAND
Don't you see?
It's good to be free
Lets go back into the light. Why can't we?
Jutta is transported. Shadow enters but stays in the space outside the cell. Jutta doesn't leave
the cell but the cell changes to manifest her memory. It turns into a garden as Jutta sings with
Shadow, a part of herself that has been buried and forgotten.
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“In The Green”

(Song for Jutta and Shadow)
JUTTA SHADOW
I have dreams
(I have dreams)
I remember
(I remember)
I have dreams
(I have dreams)
I remember
(I remember)
I have dreams
BOTH
I have dreams
I am in a garden at night
I am not supposed to be here
I feel the pleasure of the absence of eyes
JUTTA SHADOW
No one
(No one)
Is looking at me
(No one)
And so I look at
(No one)
Everything
BOTH
I can see
I can see the last of the light
Reflected in the green
Of everything
Shadow enters the cell, and although Shadow and Jutta do not look at each other, they
experience this memory as one person. They operate the same way Hand, Eye, Mouth
do-separate entities but one person.
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JUTTA SHADOW
I see
SHADOW
Coming Coming
JUTTA JUTTA
Down Down
SHADOW SHADOW
The path. The path.
JUTTA JUTTA
It’s he. It’s he.
SHADOW SHADOW
I feel I feel
JUTTA JUTTA
His His
SHADOW SHADOW
Wrath Wrath
JUTTA JUTTA
I am not supposed to be here. I am not supposed to be here.
I smell I smell
SHADOW SHADOW
Hunger Hunger
JUTTA JUTTA
On On
SHADOW SHADOW
His His
JUTTA JUTTA
Breath Breath
I feel I feel
SHADOW SHADOW
Fingers Fingers
JUTTA JUTTA
Cold Cold
SHADOW SHADOW
Like Like
JUTTA JUTTA
Death Death
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JUTTA [cont.] SHADOW [cont.]

My head My head
JUTTA JUTTA
Pushed Pushed
SHADOW SHADOW
Into Into
JUTTA JUTTA
The dirt The dirt
SHADOW SHADOW
His hand His hand
JUTTA TTA
Pulling Pulling
SHADOW SHADOW
At At
JUTTA JUTTA
My My
SHADOW SHADOW
Skirt Skirt
JUTTA.
I am not supposed to be here.
(Gasp!)
(Gasp!)
(Gasp!)
SHADOW
I am supposed to be running away.
I will never live inside closed doors again.
JUTTA SHADOW
I am supposed to be running away. How did he
I will never live inside closed doors again. Find
I am supposed to be running away Me
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BOTH
I am supposed to be running away.
How did he find me
I’m not going back
I’ll run until I die
And when I can no longer run I’ll teach myself to fly.
I try [Grunt.]
SHADOW.
My face goes numb
BOTH
I try [Grunt.]
SHADOW
Air leaves my lungs
BOTH
I’m lying on my back
I’m staring at the sky
I open up my mouth but the air swallows my cry17
Why
SHADOW.
Is he taking me
BOTH
Why
SHADOW
Is he breaking me
BOTH
The sky stares back18
The air moves by
The trees just listen
And nod and sigh
My heart is a stone
17
Genius: here, it seems as though she is in shock, unable to do anything to help herself or fix her situation.
she says the air swallows her cry, but perhaps she is unable to cry out for help. it’s not uncommon for people
to freeze up or go into shock in scenarios such as these, and is completely possible that she was unable to do
anything to help
18
Genius: Jutta feels that nature is apathetic to her being raped. Nature, which she found so wonderful, is
going on indifferently. No one is coming to save her. This feeling must have contributed to her locking herself
inside, not letting in sun or nature. At the same time, we know she holds the natural (the “green”) in high
regard. Jutta’s relationship to the outdoors is complicated to say the least.
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BOTH [cont.]
My body is not my own
My heart is a stone
My body is not my own
JUTTA
Leave me alone
BOTH
I do want to be here
I’m not
Shadow turns to look at Jutta but Jutta forces Shadow out of the cell without looking at her.
Shadow recedes into the darkness and the garden disappears as Jutta tries to compose herself.
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Jutta. What just happened?

JUTTA. Nothing Hildegard. It was nothing. Nothing happened.
EYE Who was that...?
MOUTH. And how did she...?
EYE. And how is that possible?
EYE. We can have a garden
MOUTH. Yeah, what was that garden all about?
EYE. We can have a garden in here! I knew it! Jutta I knew it, see?
JUTTA. I did this. I let you down
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. What? No! Jutta I'm fine. But what happened to you just now?
IUTTA. I let you down when I let you rest.

We'll never get anywhere if we don't do our best.
You can't stop working until you get it right.
MOUTH. But all I had was one little bite
EYE. One little blink
MOUTH and EYE. I feel so much better
EYE. I'm not tired, I can see
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MOUTH. I work better when I'm not hungry
JUTTA. That's not how it works in here. Now listen to me.

You will forget all the nonsense you think you saw.
You will get back to work, stay awake, shut your maw
And you'll work even harder to make up for the time you lost.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND. Jutta please wait just tell me--who was that?
JUTTA. Hildegard, I told you it was nothing. You've got work to do.
What's wrong with you?
Eye and Mouth retreat and cower while Hand stands up for herself.
HAND. I watch and I wait and I try for you and I dig for you cuz you want me to
But I can't do it anymore, I'm through.
I'm not getting any better doing what you want me to.
JUTTA. Then try harder. This is what you're here to do.

What don't you understand?
Work to be whole, get yourself under control.
HAND. But it's not working!
JUTTA. Then you're not doing it right. But you will be whole and I will see light.
HAND. Jutta, what about sunlight? You said it helped you once. Maybe that's all you really
need.
JUTTA. No Hildegard, that is not the light I want

Sunlight comes and goes, I want the light that’s constant.
The light of freedom.
HAND. But what does that mean?

Jutta, what if it isn't real? You've never seen it.
JUTTA. I will if you do what I say
Enough of this. Get back to work
HAND. Hey!
You can't tell me what to do.
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JUTTA. Oh can't I? And who are you?
You're broken ungrateful loud and hateful
lazy detestable disrespectful-Get on the floor
HAND. I will not help you anymore!
“Burial”
HAND.
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not helping
No matter what I do
It's not enough for you
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not helping
Find the light on your own
Leave me alone
JUTTA. Okay, stay broken. Have it your way.

She returns to her prie-dieu as Eye, Mouth & Hand turn on each other
EYE
Why did you tell me to blink?
MOUTH
Why did you tell me to eat?
MOUTH & EYE
I should have never done it, I should have stayed true
Why did I let myself down, down, down?
I should have never listened to you
You're not, you're not, you're not helping

You are irrational20
Much too impractical
You're not, you're not, you're not helping
Why don't you disappear?
You don't bеlong here
19
Grace McLean: A friend of mine shared a video of Solange’s live performance on Jimmy Fallon in 2017 and
it was a big inspiration for this piece.
20
Genius: My take here is that Hildegard is actually conflicted between her mind’s rationality (represented by
mouth and eye) and her body’s impulses (here, hand), which forces her to do the things which made her
broken.
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MOUTH
You don’t belong HAND.
here. You don’t belong EYE.
here You don’t belong
You don’t belong here.
here
HAND
If I don't belong, then what are you doing here?
Agathe's gone because you interfered
(To Eye)It started with you and the things that you saw
Remember, you saw Agathe's secret
EYE
But maybe I saw it wrong! It doesn't matter--
(To Mouth) You couldn't keep it--
MOUTH
I wouldn't have said anything if you hadn't seen
And you--
EYE
And you--
HAND
I know
I was not, I was not helping
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
Agathe's bleeding. And I'm not helping
MOUTH & EYE
I just want to be a good girl
MOUTH
I keep my mouth shut
EYE
I close my eyes but--
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
Agathe's bleeding
HAND
And I'm not helping
MOUTH & EYE
I just want to be a good girl
Don't speak, don't look, just be a good girl
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HAND
I should have saved my sister
I should have taken her hand
I should have lived another life in another land
HAND. EYE. MOUTH.

I'm not, I'm not, I'm I should not I wish I
not helping
I'm not, I'm not, I'm Have seen Hadn’t said anything.
not helping
I'm not, I'm not, I'm
not helping I should not I wish I
I'm not, I'm not, I'm
not helping Have seen. Hadn’t said anything.
Hand gives up her puppet/object and it joins the others. The person of Hildegard is now at her
most vulnerable
EYE, MOUTH & HAND

Agathe's gone
Mama gave me away, I have to move on, bury myself in the work
Jutta was wrong
I'll be broken always
I am not strong enough to watch, wait, try
Watch, wait, try
Watch, wait, try
Watch, wait, try
But I
Can dig and dig
Dig, dig, dig. Dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig. Dig, dig, dig
HAND. EYE and MOUTH
I may never become whole Dig, dig, dig.
But I can bury myself in the work Dig, dig, dig. Dig, dig, dig.
Dig, dig, dig Dig, dig, dig.
The only thing I can control Dig, dig, dig.
is to bury myself in the work Dig, dig, dig. Dig, dig, dig.
Dig, dig, dig Dig, dig, dig.
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EYE, MOUTH & HAND

Bury myself bury myself
Bury myself bury myself SHADOW
Bury myself bury myself I’m not going back,
Bury myself bury myself I’m not going back
Bury myself I’m not going back…
Bury myself
Eye, Mouth, and Hand bury themselves
UNDERGROUND
We are no longer in the cell. We are in the shadowy world outside the cell, where Shadow came
from. We are underground.
SHADOW. ... I'm not going back I'm not going back
I'm not going back I'm not going back
HAND. (To Shadow.)

It's you.
EYE
I saw you up there.
MOUTH
Who are you?
EYE, MOUTH, HAND.

Why are you here?
SHADOW. I'm Jutta. I live here.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND.

No, I know Jutta.
That's not so.
SHADOW. I am. She buried me. She buried you too, huh?
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EYE, MOUTH, HAND.

What? No. Wait wait wait, what?
Who are you?
SHADOW. I'm Jutta's bones. I'm broken.
HAND.
Jutta's still broken.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND.

How can that be?
EYE.
She told me she was whole and that she'd help me.
MOUTH.
But that's not true if you are Jutta too.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND.

She lied.
SHADOW. Who are you?
“Underground”21
(Song for Shadow)
EYE, MOUTH, HAND.

I’m Hildegard.
SHADOW.
She didn’t send you down here?
EYE, MOUTH, HAND.

No.
21
Grace McLean: Everything in the cell so far has been quite square, and with this one little 12/8 adjustment
we hoped to shift the air a little bit,
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SHADOW.
Then why are you underground?
MOUTH
I did something wrong.
EYE
I’m bad
HAND
I’m broken too.
I can’t erase what I did.
SHADOW
You don’t have to!
You must be
Just like me
I do not fit anywhere up there
I carry a memory
It makes me hideous
Hazardous, insidious
But, underground I’m at ease

I can rest while I hide
Underground no one sees
The dark is as deep as it is wide
You must be
Just like me
Tired of holding back all your widening cracks
If you carry a memory
It’s too much to bear
Broke you beyond repair
Then Underground
In the dark
You don’t have to try anymore
Underground,
Disembark
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And leave behind evеrything that came before
Whatеver it is you brought with you-- there’s room for it here underground
I won’t take it or try to remake you
You can’t be lost if you don’t wanna be found

And I don’t wanna be found
Underground, you can be a creature without a name

Underground, you can stay with me with your memory
I’m glad you came
A river enters and transforms the space in the same way Jutta’s Garden did in the cell.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND. What is that?
SHADOW. I’ve never seen it before.

The memory I carry is green. This is wet. It must be yours.
“Confession”
Eye, Mouth and Hand are transported into their memory.
EYE.
Agathe shares the bed with me
But she has not been there at night for weeks
Where does she go when she leaves through the window?
I want to see
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
I follow her across the river
EYE.
I see22 Agathe and a man on a bed of leaves
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
She doesn't see me
22
Genius: Here, we understand that it is not only Hildegard’s religious visions that made her broken but
rather her actual vision of Agatha.
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MOUTH
I don't want Agathe to leave me so I
Tell Mama what I saw about
Agathe and the man. And Mama's
Angry. Agathe's in trouble. And it's
All because of me.
Now Agathe's changing

She's swollen with something
What has gotten into her?
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
What has gotten into her?
HAND.
Agathe shares thе bed with me
But she can't sleep so shе wakes me
She needs something to take the swelling from her belly
It's something from the river she needs
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
So we go across the river
EYE.
It's so dark I can barely see
MOUTH.
It's so quiet Agathe tells me not to speak
HAND.
She needs my help, she needs me
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
We pick pennyroyal23 by the banks of the river
MOUTH.
She eats
HAND.
One, two, three...
EYE.
Lavender petals...
MOUTH.
She eats--
23
Pennyroyal tea was used in antiquity and the Middle Ages to cause abortion. Side effects could include “liver
damage, kidney damage, massive multiple organ failure, excessive bleeding, and death.”
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HAND.
One, two, three...
EYE.
Minty leaves...
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
Agathe staggers but says she'll feel better if we wait
Then she falls to her knees

Don't look, don't speak, just stay with me
Agathe, pleads. Agathe bleeds
Don't look, don't speak, just stay with me
Agathe, pleads. Agathe bleeds
EYE. MOUTH. HAND.
Agathe bleeds Agathe bleeds and A--
And bleeds Bleeds and Ga--
And bleeds Bleeds and The--
And bleeds Bleeds and Bleeds
Bleeds
Hours
Hours
Hours
pass pass Pass.
HAND.
Agathe stares ahead at me
But she does not stir
EYE.
The sun rises and I can see the blood on her
MOUTH.
I open my mouth to scream but she whispers
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
Oooooh-ooooh-ooooh
She lay down to sleep by the river and never woke
I stayed with her by the river and I broke
SHADOW. What did she say when she lay down?
EYE. I don’t know.
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HAND. No one’s ever asked me that before.
MOUTH. I’ve never said it out loud.
EYE.
I shouldn't have seen
MOUTH
I shouldn't have said
HAND
I shouldn't have led her across the river
EYE.
I shouldn't have seen
MOUTH
I shouldn't have said
HAND
I shouldn't have led her across the river
SHADOW. Hildegard it’s okay. I’m sorry I asked. You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want
to.
Eye, Mouth & Hand consider this offering. Shadow is giving space for Hildegard to feel her
pain in a way she hasn’t been able to before. She remembers her sister’s last words.
“Sun Song” Reprise

HAND
She
MOUTH
said
EYE
she's glad we crossed the river
HAND
And
EYE
for
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MOUTH
A moment felt free
And
EYE
though
HAND
She won't go home, she's glad she's not alone
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
She's happy just to be with me
I can't go back across the river
And I will never be the same
But Agathe lives on in me
Each crack bears her name
EYE
I may not be in control
MOUTH
And I may never become whole
HAND
And I may not do everything right
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
But even though I'm broken I'm alright
The river subsides. The pieces of Hildegard have moved through the source of their pain and
are changed because of it. Shadow sees this, and responds.
“Light Undercover”
(Song for Shadow, Eye, Mouth & Hand)
SHADOW
I have lived so many years in the dark
Making myself comfortable at any cost
But I have never wandered the dark
I thought wandering would make me lost
But you came to the underground

And walked right through your shadows
Somehow in the underground
You took something obscure
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SHADOW [cont.]
Made uncertainty secure
In the poison found the cure24
A spark
Light is in the dark
There is a light inside you

And I can see it when you let your dark shine through
This is the sеcret I saw you discover

You are light undеrcover
How did you do that?
HAND
I have tried so hard to hide my dark
EYE
But I feel so much lighter after sharing it with you
MOUTH
You have lived so long in your dark
EYE, HAND & MOUTH
Maybe you could share yours too
HAND. What is in the green memory you carry?
EYE, HAND & MOUTH. I can carry it with you
SHADOW. (Spoken) You can’t
24
Genius: I like to think of this line as a link to the concept of pharmakon in Ancient Greek philosophy. It is
used to show the medicinal and dangerous properties of a concept or an object. For example, medicine can be
both a cure and a poison. You could argue that, if one extracts only the cure aspect of pharmakon, one is
making the right use of something. Here, by finding the cure in the poison, Hildegard manages to make the
right choices, make the most out of her situation and find the best part of hersel
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SHADOW
She made me disappear
Forgotten, dissevered
But now that you’re here
We can stay here forever, face the darkness together
In your light, we are better than alright
HAND
But what about your light?
SHADOW. I can’t do what you just did.
“The First Verb”25

MOUTH. Yes you can.
SHADOW. You didn't hide any part of yourself.
HAND. Because I had you to share each part with.
SHADOW. I'm only one part and she will never share me.
MOUTH. Maybe she doesn't know how.
EYE. I didn't before I met you.

I was scratching my eyes for lusting to look at the sky
Thought everything I saw wasn't real, was a flaw
I was clawing at the dirt
Feeling my blood mix with the Earth
Thought I could hold my breath
Make myself less
HAND
I saw myself when you saw my light
And with my help you can get up
We're gonna be alright
Eye, Mouth, Hand & Shadow begin to climb their way above groumd
25
Grace McLean: The title is taken directly from a poem by Hildegard, which is about the energy of the divine
spirit.
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Up, up, up, up, up, up, up

We go up, up, up, up, up, up, up. Come on,
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
up, up, up, up, and up, up, up, up
I cannot keep me down
MOUTH
If a beast lives in a cage
She'll snarl, she'll rage
Don't get to close she'll bite
She only wants to fight
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
Let the beast out of the cage
MOUTH
She'll be a mage
The beast inside me, she wants to guide me
The darkness in you, it is you
SHADOW
I saw myself inside of a dream
But with your help I can wake up, let myself scream
I am a light
Whoa, whoa, yeah
I am a blazing sun
I am illumination
I am a light
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah
I am, I am going to be alright
HAND
Up, up, up, up, up, up, up we go.
HAND & MOUTH
up, up, up, up, up, up, up. Come on,
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
up, up, up, up, and up, up, up, up
And I cannot keep me down
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ALL
I am a light
Whoa, whoa
I am, I am a blazing sun
I am illumination
I am a light
Whoa whoa whoa
I am, I am going to be alright
SHADOW
I saw myself next to your light
ALL
And with your help I am gonna be alright
Above ground, Eye, Mouth, Hand & Shadow re-enter the cell with Jutta, who kneels not at her
prie-dieu but where she sat during “Sun Song,” in the middle of the room.
“O viridissima virga”
EYE, MOUTH, HAND & SHADOW

O viridissima virga [O branch of freshest green,
Ave, que in ventoso flabro O hail! Within the windy gusts of saints
sciscitationis upon a quest you swayed
Sanctorum prodisti and sprouted forth]
Eye, Mouth & Hand retrieve the puppets/objects that have been hanging above them,
reclaiming and owning these fractured pieces.
SHADOW. EYE, MOUTH &

Cum venit tempus [When it was time, HAND
Quod tu floruisti you blossomed Oooooooo
In ramis tuis in your boughs—
Ave, ave fuit tibi, “Hail, hail!” you heard, Ooooooo
Quia calor solis in te sudavit for in you seeped the sunlight’s warmth AhAHHHH
Sicut odor balsami like balsam’s sweet perfume.] Uh Uh
Balsami
Et illa apparuerunt omnia [And they all appeared La uhhhh
In viriditate plena. in full viridity.] Ahhhh
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REBIRTH
Jutta stands to address Eye, Mouth & Hand. She does not notice Shadow.
JUTTA. Hildegard. I want to apologise for what happened before. I know how much you
want to be whole and I shouldn't have pushed you so hard.We're here because we need
each other. And we can work more slowly if that's what you want to do. I can wait to see the
light
EYE MOUTH, HAND. You don't have to wait
"Light Undercover/In the Green" Reprise

EYE
MOUTH
And I will see it when you let your dark shine through
EYE
HAND
This is the secret I dug down to discover
MOUTH
You have lived so long in the dark
EYE
Hiding who you thought you didn't want to be
HAND
But there is nothing wrong in the dark
EYE, MOUTH & HAND
You are broken
But that's how you see
You are a light
You are a light
You are a light
You are light undercover
This is the light
This is the light
We are the light
We are light under--
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JUTTA. How dare you tell me what I am.
HAND. I found your bones.
Shadow begins to move through the space, trying to reenact memory. Jutta becomes aware of
Shadow's presence but refuses to acknowledge her.
SHADOW.
I am in a garden at night.
JUTTA. (To Eye.) I need you to get back to work.
SHADOW.
I am supposed to be running away
JUTTA. (To Hand.) You're so close, Hildegard, don't give up now.
EYE, MOUTH, HAND. But I don't care that I'm broken.
SHADOW
I will never live inside closed doors again
MOUTH. Jutta, whatever happened in the garden, you can tell me.
JUTTA. I told you. It doesn't matter.
Jutta is losing control, she is looking for some way out of this confrontation.
EYE. It matters to me.
HAND. This is how you see the light, Jutta. You know it is.
SHADOW
Twilight, Garden, Moon and stars in concert with each other
Air is hushed and I am crushed and crying but I smothеr
The sound of my voice {spoken} I don't havе a choice
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Standing sobe walking homeward holding up my skin

Someone talking someone walking next to me
It's--
JUTTA. Stop it.
SHADOW. It's not my fault I'm broken.

It's not my fault I'm hungry and tired and angry and it's not my fault my brother is fat and
strong and stupid.
And it's not my fault I let him hold my hand as he took me home.
Shadow turns to look at Jutta.
I want you to see me.
“The Ripening”
(Song for Jutta)
Jutta does not look at Shadow but defiantly regains control of her cell. Shadow leaves,
returning to the darkness.
EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Jutta--
JUTTA. I should never have let you in here with me.

I don’t need you.
Eye, Mouth & Hand retreat to a corner of the cell, rejected and defeated. Jutta sings to “The
Light,” needing her choice of harsh solitude to be right. She is desperate for salvation.
JUTTA
Haven't I done all the things I'm supposed to?
I've never done anything for me
Cold and dirt and hunger I have loved as water loves to flow into the sea
Haven't I done all the things I'm supposed to?

I'm waiting for the ripening
I can feel all my petals longing to bear
But somehow they're already falling from my tree
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JUTTA [Cont.]
Haven't I done all the things I'm supposed to
Embraced my boundaries
So when will I see the light
And when will I be free?
So when will I see the light
And when will I be free?
Whеre, oh where havе all my efforts gone?

I am weak, I am wan
My poor body has been tilled
And my full heart wants to be spilled across the dawn
I’ve waited so long
Why
Wh-y-y-y-y
Has become my soul cry
Wh-y-y-y-y
Can't I see the light

Lived a life of death
In living I have learned
To love another as a mother
And I've felt that love inside my wicked flesh
Where, oh where has my mind gone?

Are my feet on the ground or six feet down
Where, oh where has the time gone
Every day is a year
Is a night and round and round
And round and round
And round and round and round
Why can't I see the light
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JUTTA [cont.]
I know what I'm meant to be
And I'm grateful for the blessing
Of this body that is rotting26
All I've ever wanted is to be free
No answer. No “Light” comes for Jutta. She exits the space into the darkness, opposite the
direction Shadow went.
“Forgiveness”
EYE.
I tried to watch
MOUTH
I tried to wait
HAND
I tried to help her
EYE, MOUTH, HAND
I was too late
She wanted freedom from what broke her apart
You have to be broken to see light in the dark
You have to let yourself be broken
To see the light in the dark
HAND
You have to let someone see you broken
To see the light in the dark
EYE, MOUTH, HAND

Laus tibi Regina27 [I praise the Queen
Lux angelorum Angels of light.]
A knock at the back door. Eye, Mouth & Hand are startled. The space shifts until…
26
Genius: Through the whole musical, Jutta is at odds with her body. She sees the flesh as sinful and wicked,
even having just called it so in this song. As a young girl she was assaulted and became an anchoress to escape
the world. But here, she finally makes peace with her body. And in death, she makes peace with living, though
her life was one “of death”
27
Grace McLean: the original text is “Laus tibi Christe, Rex angelorum” meaning “Hail to you Christ, King of
the angels.” See if you can spot the change.
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THE OTHER TITHE

We are outside the door and imposing walls as we were at the top of the play. Volmar is
knocking at the door. He looks the same as when we saw him before but a little older, maybe
with a longer beard. Old Hildegard pokes her head through the lower window to speak to him.
There are now no more puppets/objects, no more ces of Hildegard. We see her embodied as a
single person.
OLD HILDEGARD. Hello?
VOLMAR. Hildegard! I'm so glad you answered!
OLD HILDEGARD. Hi, what?
VOLMAR. I come by every day to bring your food but I never hear from vou. Which is totally
fine, I know you're doing your own anchoressy thing in there. But wow-what was that
music? Was that you?
OLD HILDEGARD. Oh. Yeah. Sorry.
VOLMAR. No no it was amazing! I've never heard anything like it. Did you learn that from
Jutta?
OLD HILDEGARD. ... Yes

Who are you?
VOLMAR. I'm Volmar. I remember when you got here, you were just a little kid. Jutta is
incredible. It's 1136 and the world is still a very scary place, but it's good to know that the
community is the place for people to heal, you know?
OLD HILDEGARD. Wait what year is it?!
VOLMAR. 1136.
OLD HILDEGARD. Holy…

I've been in here for thirty years.
VOLMAR. Oh geez has it been that long? Man, life just whizzes by right?
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OLD HILDEGARD. Uh, yeah.
VOLMAR. So did she do it? Did Jutta see the light?
OLD HILDEGARD. Jutta's dead.
VOLMAR. Oh.
Well, that's a cause for celebration I suppose.
When you practice death your whole life, you're probably pretty good at it when it comes.
Although I don't know what we're gonna do with the new oblate.
OLD HILDEGARD. The new what?
VOLMAR. Another girl is gonna be joining you.

She's a little bit, uh, "round the bend" as they say
What a shame she won't be entombed with Jutta
Anyway, better get to it and open ye olde postern here...
OLD HILDEGARD. You're...going...to open the door?
VOLMAR. Yeah!
Volmar opens the door. As he does, Marchioness and Richard mirroring Mother and Young
Hildegard from the top of the play
OLD HILDEGARD. Hi.
VOLMAR. This is the Marchioness von Stade and her daughter Richardis
OLD HILDEGARD. Ma'am... Richardis...
MARCHIONESS. She hasn't spoken since her father died.
VOLMAR. Hildegard has been entombed with Jutta von Sponheim
MARCHIONESS. And where is Jutta?
VOLMAR. Uh, she has recently passed on.
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Hildegard is the new anchoress.
OLD HILDEGARD. Can someone tell me what is going on?
VOLMAR. Oh sure!
The Marchioness is looking for a...situation...for Richardis
OLD HILDEGARD. You mean give her away? Lock her up and forget about her?
VOLMAR. Well, Hildegard, being an anchoress is a very special way to live your life. Look at
you!
OLD HILDEGARD. But I didn't choose this. Jutta did. And Jutta's dead.
MARCHIONESS, Richardis is sick. She has no other choice.
VOLMAR. Hildegard, you are the only one who knows Jutta's teachings. Richardis needs you.
OLD HILDEGARD. Richardis

Do you want to be in here with me? Richardis
You can tell me. I see you.
MARCHIONESS. Volmar, if Jutta is no longer alive to help my child I'll take her to someone
who will.
OLD HILDEGARD. Wait. Richardis can stay with me. But not in here. I can't live the rest of
my life like Jutta.
VOLMAR. Jutta was pious.
OLD HILDEGARD Jutta was suffering. I know there's another way.
MARCHIONESS. My daughter needs someone who can help her, not fill with false hopes and
obscene stories about ideals and freedom. Who are you? You can't marry, you can't work,
you're half dead as it is. You’re just a woman. What do you think you'll do?
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“Integration”
(Song for Old Hildegard and Acolytes)
OLD HILDEGARD
I want to be part of something
To be integrated
Jutta taught me how to be dedicated
VOLMAR. Marchioness, I think Richardis could really benefit from the gift Hildegard has.
The community will make a new place where Hildegard can use her talents to help
Richardis.
Marchioness agrees and she and Volmar exit, leaving Richardis with Old Hildegard.
OLD HILDEGARD
I want to see the sunrise
I want to see the sky
I want to walk through the door
I want to know what I’ve never known before
Volmar returns with a robe and shoes for Old Hildegard. As she puts them on, he closes the
door.
I’ve only known the darkness for so long

I’ve only known the darkness is where I belong
(To Richardis) The darkness comes no matter what
To everyone so it’s up to us to find our way
We are a part of something

We are integrated
The community supports thosе who are dedicated
I coax Richardis out of hеr silence

And we become friends
The story of our success spreads
Richardis exits as Old Hildegard has a vision that takes her from her present space.
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OLD HILDEGARD & ACOLYTES

And behold
In the forty-third year of my earthly course of fiery light of exceeding brilliance came
And penetrated my whole brain
I saw a crowd of women brighter than the sun
All wonderfully adorned with gold and gems
And they shine like the dawn
And they utter their own individual mysteries
Acolytes 1 and 2 enter

OLD HILDEGARD
1141
I found my life’s ambition
Broken women come to me out of their darkest night
And the community gives me permission
To write down what we talk about
When they find their light
We talk about nature
ACOLYTE 1
For there is no creature without
Some kind of radiance
Whether it be greeness or seeds, blossoms or another kind of beauty
There is no creature without
Some kind of radiance
OLD HILDEGARD
We talk about friendship
ACOLYTE 2
If one perceives the joy one receives from another person
One will feel in one's heart
A great sense of enchantment
If one perceives the joy one receives from another person
One will feel in one's heart
A great sense of enchantment
OLD HILDEGARD
And about our bodies
Woman is a source of wisdom and a fount of joy
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ACOLYTES
OLD HILDEGARD
I am a part of something
I am integrated
The community takes my voice and elevates it
I build a chapter house for all my sisters
We glister as we grow in numbers and in strength
Our work is sacrosanct
Hildegard has another vision

And behold
I saw the figure of a woman
Covered in scaly blemishes
And down to her knees she was white and red
As bruised by many beatings
And from her knees
To her tendons where they joined her heels
She was covered in blood
OLD HILDEGARD
She is diseased from the inside
She is breaking apart
The community is diseased from the inside
The community is breaking apart
OLD HILDEGARD
1163
And the community is in trouble
Schisms, factions, breakaway and make it weak
I will not stand by and watch it go to pieces
When it should be whole
So I go out and speak
Old Hildegard addresses the audience. She is on a fire and brimstone preaching tour.
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We are integrated
This is our community
OLD HILDEGARD
I will not let you desecrate it
You ought to be the day but you are the night28

You could be the sun and moon and stars but you lie in darkness
As if you are already dead
Oh foolish people
You shamefully shrink
Into your cells and do not want to open
And I too see how the others mock your wicked ways
The others threaten the progress we’ve made
The others break away
Because you are the night exhaling darkness but

You must become light
OLD HILDEGARD
We are integrated
And nobody will desecrate it
ACOLYTES OLD HILDEGARD
We are integrated We are a part of something
And nobody will desecrate it This our community
28
Grace McLean: this whole section is taken from a speech she gave to the clergy in Cologne, reprimanding
them for being lazy preachers and bad examples to their community! And the people in Cologne loved it—she
had come through giving this great fiery speech, and when she left they wrote to her asking if she would write
down what she had said and send it to them in a letter so they could hang on her words. She said things like
“but just as a snake hides in a cave after it has shed its skin, you walk in filth like disgusting beasts” and “you
are worn out by seeking after your own transitory reputation in the world, so that, at one moment, you are
knights, the next slaves, the next mere, jesting minstrels, so that in the perfunctory performance of your duties
you sometimes manage to brush off the flies in the summer.” Burn.
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We are a part of something I am dedicated,

We are integrated I am elevated
And nobody will desecrate it I am integrated
We are integrated
ACOLYTE 1
We are integrated. OLD HILDEGARD
We are integrated. ACOLYTE 2
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
We are integrated.
EXORCISM
The space shifts and we are again behind the door and inside the room, but it has a lighter,
friendlier feeling than Jutta's cell. It is 1169 and we are in Rupertsberg abbey, a place Old
Hildegard created for herself and her acolytes to live and practice together. Old Hildegard sits
in a chair Sigewize enters through the door.
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“Exorcism”29
(Song for Sigewize)
OLD HILDEGARD. Hi. I’m glad you’re here. My name is Hildegard.
I want to know who you are

I want to see your dark
I want you to show me whatever it is that keeps you lonely
SIGEWIZE
My name is Siegwise.
I've been trying to speak,
but no one is listening.
I’ve been trying to scream.
I want to be seen. But I'm beaten. Silenced. Told I'm "too much".
I saw you speak in Cologne. People listened to you.
You criticized the community for its corruption.
And you spoke about others who had broken off.
Others who were laughing at you.
Others who were threatening you.
I want you to know: the others are not others.
They have names. They are called Cathars.
I am a Cathar. My family were Cathars.
We didn’t want to join your community.
We did not laugh at you.
We weren't a threat until you called us on.
I saw you speak in Cologne. People listened to you.
They wanted to show their support for you.
They didn't do it by correcting their corruption.
They found all the Cathars they could and burned them.
I escaped. My family didn't
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Grace McLean I wanted to leave us with the thought that while Hildegard did indeed accomplish amazing
things and was a powerful healer, she also aligned herself with an institution that carried out horrible
atrocities. It’s in 5/4, rhythmic and non-melodic, urgent and disquieting, and hopefully a pull-the-rug-out
moment
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Old Hildegard stands and moves behind the chair, clutching it. She is uncomfortable. She does
not look directly at Siegwize
SIEGWIZE
My name is Siegwise.
I've been trying to speak,
but no one is listening.
I've been trying to scream.
I want you to see me
And when you see me, I want you to ask yourself
"Who are you helping?"30
Old Hildegard looks at Siegwize. Blackout.
END OF PLAY.
30
Genius: These are the final words of the show. It’s a pointed choice by Grace McLean to end the show this
way. We’ve just spent about 90 minutes or so with Hildegard as our protagonist who goes on to do many great
things and eventually achieves Sainthood. So, to end on a note that reveals a more complex history rift with
actions we’d consider very problematic and harmful today. Grace McLean demonstrates how Hildegard is still
an important and accomplished woman in history, but we should make sure to view her actions with a critical
eye.
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PLOT SUMMARY

In the Green starts with a hymnal song

Meanwhile, Jutta steadfastly refuses to acknowledge anything Hildegard or Shadow say.

The original LCT3 Production of In The Green.

Character divisions are:

2. “Death Ceremony" Jutta

3. "If I Had a Knee" Eye, Mouth, Hand

4. "The Rule" Jutta, Eye, Mouth, Hand

5. "I Am Hungry” Eye, Mouth, Hand

6. "Eve" Jutta, Mouth

7. “Ritual” Eye, Mouth, Hand, Jutta

8. “Little Life" Eye, Mouth, Hand, Jutta

9. “Sun Song” Hand, Jutta, Eye, Mouth

10. “In the Green" Jutta, Shadow

11. "Burial” Eye, Mouth, Hand,

12. “Underground" Shadow

13. "Confession” Eye, Mouth, Hand

14. “Sun Song" Reprise Eye, Mouth, Hand

15. “Light Undercover" Shadow, Eye, Mouth, Hand

16. "The First Verb” Shadow, Eye, Mouth, Hand

17. "O viridissima virga” Shadow, Eye, Mouth, Hand

19. “The Ripening" Jutta

20. “Forgiveness” Eye, Mouth, Hand

21. “Integration” Old Hildegard, Acolytes

22. “Exorcism” Sigewize, Old Hildegard

O flos tu non germinasti [O bloom, you did not spring

EYE, MOUTH, JUTTA, and SHADOW.

Unde O Salvatrix [O Lady savior,

Mother appears, chasing after Young Hildegard

MOTHER. Hildegard. Hildegard. It’s time.

JUTTA and SHADOW.

VOLMAR. Is this your daughter?

Jutta begins singing from behind the door, unseen.

“If I Had A Knee”

EYE, MOUTH & HAND

EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Jutta? Jutta, you were broken?

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

This is the only place I could go to get myself under control

EYE, MOUTH & HAND. Wow, really?

When you are whole, you will be like me

When you are whole, you will never be scared

There's a reason I'm shattered

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

When I see the light, I will be free

I used to be broken like you

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

EYE, MOUTH & HAND. I can do that

JUTTA. Can you?

JUTTA. That's the right attitude

This is how you become whole

JUTTA. Watch. Wait. Try. Dig

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

EYE, MOUTH & HAND. JUTTA

I wanna watch. Days

EYE, MOUTH & HAND. JUTTA

How long have I been...? Years

I, I feel an itching in my skull

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.

I, I feel an itching in my skull

EYE, MOUTH & HAND.